diff --git a/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/xonsh.go b/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/xonsh.go
index 60e19fcdc5..f0f5cb326f 100644
--- a/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/xonsh.go
+++ b/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/xonsh.go
@@ -5,26 +5,49 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Xonsh creates a generic completer (not lazy).
+// Name overlaps with specific `carapace` completer but that shouldn't be an issue.
 func Xonsh(completers []string) string {
-	snippet := `from xonsh.completers._aliases import _add_one_completer
-from xonsh.completers.tools import *
+	snippet := `from xonsh.completers.completer import add_one_completer
+from xonsh.completers.tools import contextual_command_completer
 import os
 
 %v%v
 
-@contextual_completer
-def _carapace_lazy(context):
-    """carapace lazy"""
-    if (context.command and
-        context.command.arg_index > 0 and
-        context.command.args[0].value in [%v]):
-        exec(compile(subprocess.run(['carapace', context.command.args[0].value, 'xonsh'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8'), "", "exec"))
-        return XSH.completers[context.command.args[0].value](context)
+@contextual_command_completer
+def _carapace_completer(context):
+    """carapace completer"""
+    from json import loads
+    from xonsh.completers.tools import sub_proc_get_output, RichCompletion
+
+    if context.command not in [%v]:
+        return
+
+    def fix_prefix(s):
+        """quick fix for partially quoted prefix completion ('prefix',<TAB>)"""
+        return s.translate(str.maketrans('', '', '\'"'))
+
+    output, _ = sub_proc_get_output(
+        'carapace', context.command, 'xonsh', *[a.value for a in context.args], fix_prefix(context.prefix)
+    )
+    if not output:
+        return
+
+    for c in loads(output):
+        yield RichCompletion(
+            c["Value"],
+            display=c["Display"],
+            description=c["Description"],
+            prefix_len=len(context.raw_prefix),
+            append_closing_quote=False,
+            style=c["Style"],
+        )
+
+add_one_completer('carapace', _carapace_completer, 'start')
 `
 	complete := make([]string, len(completers))
 	for index, completer := range completers {
 		complete[index] = fmt.Sprintf(`'%v'`, completer)
 	}
-	snippet += `_add_one_completer('carapace_lazy', _carapace_lazy, 'start')`
 	return fmt.Sprintf(snippet, pathSnippet("xonsh"), envSnippet("xonsh"), strings.Join(complete, ", "))
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 15e9ac0477..aacc4bf4d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bin
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace v1.0.0
+	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace v1.1.1
 	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bridge v1.0.2
 	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1
 	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-spec v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d6d3791eb2..82553c8a61 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0 h1:5sz/EEAK+ls5wF+NeqDpk5+iNdMDXrh3z3nPn
 github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:2KvAjgMlE5NNynlg/5iLrrCCZ2+5xWbdbCW3pNTGyYg=
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 h1:2PnMjfWD7wBILjqQbt530v576A/cAbQvEW9gGIpYMUs=
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1/go.mod h1:6RYKKt7H4d4+iWqouImQ9R2FZql3VbhNgx27UK13J/0=
-github.com/carapace-sh/carapace v1.0.0 h1:O4XTxBjrmDG15PeSnBRvu5RdwA5Khd1k/yF6VD4sHHY=
-github.com/carapace-sh/carapace v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4caYCCdFoKqiBFD8t8rxuxzgVXk9bnP/aSBOplTd1Gk=
+github.com/carapace-sh/carapace v1.1.1 h1:OuWouCknq9Wqv0rM+7z8/lf3FfEUBdMd4MVXisP6j4w=
+github.com/carapace-sh/carapace v1.1.1/go.mod h1:djegtVDi/3duSAqZNU+/nCq7XtDRMRZUb5bW0O/HnEs=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bridge v1.0.2 h1:q2yVrhpxjxA0p3ZcGHpjns99KE9lCrJLc3Zgaa7kMK4=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bridge v1.0.2/go.mod h1:1tuz7tWpJeGMHa6Yvwlkb9QCNqxRD5VsS/4iZdK9ofQ=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-pflag v1.0.0 h1:uJMhl+vwEM/Eb0UdxZUuv4jo4rUAyPijkRGP5gfCuCE=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-pflag v1.0.0/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lJ4ZsdxytE0wHJ8Ta9S7Qq0XpjgjU0mdfCqiI2FHx7M=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1 h1:ww0JCgWpOVuqWG7k3724pJ18Lq8gh5pHQs9j3ojUs1c=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1/go.mod h1:lJ4ZsdxytE0wHJ8Ta9S7Qq0XpjgjU0mdfCqiI2FHx7M=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-spec v1.0.0 h1:gq2aV/eLXmQLBLT8hqBGf8lOyyQdx54PNjE1o8ADlEw=
 github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-spec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:/HdoGk/59vcD5kCTPmtxlc2QQagyZc4hOHP7Ie0MIoI=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCko
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=